Armagh Provincial Congress 2011
St Joseph's Young Priests Society's Congress of the Armagh Province took place in Monaghan on the 12th March 2011.
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The Eucharist – Our Hope for Renewal
- a reflection on the Road to Emmaus story
Monsignor Eamon Martin
St Joseph’s Young Priests Society
Congress of the Armagh Province
Monaghan, Saturday 12th March 2011
Monsignor Eamon Martin began his reflection with a meditation on the story of the two disciples on the Road to Emmaus from chapter 24 of St Luke’s Gospel. He emphasised that the two were going the wrong direction, away from Jerusalem, immersed in themselves, their eyes downcast, their hopes seemingly destroyed. But their encounter with Word and Sacrament on the road and at the table, changed them utterly. He went on to draw out the significance of this amazing story:
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